What`s Left Of Village Soon To Be Demolished

DAVIE — Warehouses, 71 mobile homes, used car lots and other businesses are all that remain of Hacienda Village, and soon most of those will join that former city in oblivion.

The state Department of Transportation has acquired nearly 70 percent of the land it needs to build a four-level, 90-foot-high Interstate 595 interchange at the intersection of State Roads 7 and 84, and heavy demolition is scheduled to begin in that area by July, said Brian Duke, I-595 right of way project coordinator for the DOT.

``There`ll be about 10 demolitions per month in that area, beginning in July and continuing into February or March (of 1986),`` Duke said.

About 16 of the 71 mobile homes in the Hacienda Flores mobile home park will also be wiped out because of highway construction, said park owner Peter Jensen.

Those mobile homes are one step closer to destruction because the state has tentatively agreed to pay Jensen $4.47 million for a 12.5-acre tract in the northeast corner of State Roads 84 and 7, Duke said. That parcel includes part of the Hacienda Flores park.

Duke emphasized the preliminary agreement must be approved by DOT officials in Tallahassee.

If the state agrees to the purchase price, Jensen could get a check in about four to six weeks, Duke said. Then the state would move in to compensate individual mobile home park residents for their homes, Jensen said.

``Once we start getting possession, we can begin demolition at a more steady pace,`` Duke said.

The state already has paid $5.65 million to Southern Bell, $6.25 million to Econo Lodge and $1.85 million to Carvel ice cream for their property in what was Hacienda Village, Duke said. It was the loss of tax dollars from such businesses that prompted former Hacienda Village Sherman ``Red`` Crise to pursue a merger with Davie last year. Hacienda Village was dissolved last Sept. 4.